Buying Expired Domain Names in New Zealand

Every day hundreds of domain names that were registered expire or are dropped, either because the business has closed, because the registrant didn’t wish to spend any more money on it, or by mistake. Once a domain name expires there is a ‘holding period’ of 90 days where the domain is placed in ‘pending release’ status and the registrant can renew the domain. During this time any website which is on the domain name will not work, giving anyone who has made a mistake time to re-register. After the holding period the registrar releases a list of all the expiring domain names on a given day which are then made available to be registered 48 hours later, on a first come first served basis.

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Paid Advertising on Baidu

China is one of the largest consumer markets in the world with the e-Commerce sector rapidly growing with a projected growth to $81 billion in the next 5 years as disposable incomes increase. China is one of Australia & New Zealand’s biggest export markets and many retailers are actively attempting to expand into this market. It can be hard to get products or services in front of this captive audience of approximately 513 million users however, with one of the most effective ways I have found being Baidu.

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How To Pick A Font For Your Website

One of the hardest aspects of creating a website can be deciding which font to use, and with thousands of options the choices can be overwhelming. However, this can be a straight forward process, with the first step being a decision between a serif font (each letter has small strokes/lines from the ends) or a sans serif font (simple and straight forward letters – like what you are reading now).

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LinkedIn Launches In-Feed Sponsored Ads

Advertising on LinkedIn has not been as prominent as other social networks with the majority of their revenue coming from recruitment offerings. With shareholders chasing growth in all areas of the business however, this has recently led to the launch of a new advertising option – in-feed sponsored updates which are now available to all advertisers.

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